The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-27

Sandersville.
GEORGIA.
B. T. Rawlings has been elected Tax Col
lectE- of Washington county.
Near Roswell junction Saturday two
boys We're struck 10y lightning and killed.
A blue heron straycd from It's native wids
last Sunday, and aligEted on Harris street,
SandersviHe.
Court is in session i'll the Methodist
church at Watkinsvillo Tho court house
was destroyed by fire several months ago.
Americas has colorcd woman who cooks
for one of our first families, lives IA mile
away, and rides to and from her work
morning and night in her own buggy.
The third car Of grapes was shipped from
Vineyard Saturday. Mr.. Earle, Of Chi
cago, offered 30. gfoss.fGr the lot of l2,OO0
pounds The growers concluded, after con
su tation, to take it,
Prof Y. +. Orr has resigned his position
as principal of billiard Institute at Forsyth
TO accept employment from A. s. Barnes a
Co, publishers, Of New York, in whose
interest he will canvass Georgia, South
Carolina and Florida.
At Griffin Saturday Luther S. Lyon arose
from a chair underneath tree in w. H.
Lyons yard, where no had been sitting IN
apparently his usual health, walked into the
house, lay down and almost Immediately
expired. He was an old man, in his SD year,
and his health had been feeble for some time
past.
A chandelier containing four lighted
lamps fell to the floor in the dining room of
the Hotel Sandersville, Friday. Three of
the lamps were broken by the fall and the
burning oil ran over the floor and sent up
vast volume of flame. The blaze was quick
ly smothered with blankets, and no material
daamgc was done.
Doyle Brown was killed by lightning near
Talking Rock Saturday He was in the
yard shoveling up chips when the lightning,
striking the shovel handle, split it in twain,
and running up to the young mans hands
made circuit up his arms and met at the
back of his neck An old man who was
standing by was also severely stunned.
Saturday afternoon about o'clock, while
a heavy thunder storm was in progress, an
old white man by the name of krill and
youth named Tom Donaldson, vino lived
about two miles from Norcross, We're struck
by lightning and instantly killed. They had
taken refuge beneath a large oak tree TO
avoid the rain. When the tree was struck
the lightning detected and killed the men.
A petition signed by large number of
citizens Of Americas was presented Council
at regular meeting Monday evening, asking
thdO nlllttiA llA bt pun up'lil lilb NOAfiio VI
little bootblacks that infcst the streets of
the city, or else that large gatherings of
their number at certain points about town
be prohibited. They are declared to be a
first class nuisance by those who do business
near whore they congregate.
Holt & Bro, of Sandersvile have a pet
bean vine growing in the rear of their
store, from black bean found last spring
in q bag of coffee The foliage of the vine
a
but the beans are in shape and general up
pearance like the ordinary garden snaps.
The viEo is most luXuriant when the rays of
the midday sun scorch all other vegetation.
II is probably native of Brazil or some
tropic cline.
G. Dawsons Hays, of Sumter county. has
a barn in which he had some wheat straw,
and upon which a hen laid eight eggs, and
upon which he piled oats to the depth of two
or three feet; After lapse of six weeks he
discovered that one chicken was Matched
out and five other eggs were Matching. The
heat OF the oats did it. But this is capped
by Schley county merchant having q
bushel of eggs TO hatch by the natural tenn
peraturc III box under his counter.
During thunder storm at Americas last
Thursday q house cat, very gentle and quite
pet, became very much frightened at the
thunder, and could not be controlled
u
for two days. Saturday it was found up q
tree in a pine grove 800 yards from the
house. IL could not be coaxed down
Finally little boy went up the tree and
brought the cat down and TO the house
where it has resumed its normal relations
A cyclone disturbance of local nature did
considerable damage to fences and crops on
Dr.. n. II. Hollifeld's Saffold place and
William Martins plantation west of San
dersville last Wednesday afternoon. A
very peculiar feature of the storm was that
vegetation was parched TO crisp wherever
the whirlwind touched it, SO that its track is
now easily discovered by the dead foliage
Some stalks of cotton which were on the
edges of the track are burned on one side
and still green on the other.
Jefferson county seems to be peculiarly
fortunate i'll receiving political and other
honors 1t was one of her sons who was
President of the Constitutional Convention.
Speaker of the House of REPRESENTATIVES.
and afterward elected United States Sena-
tor. Another is United States Consul at
Messina; another is United States Marshal
another is Inspector of Mails at Atlanta.
and now to cap the climax the United
States prisoners have been transferred from
the Duval county Jail to that OF jefferson
county.
Cedartown Advertiser: Mrs. D. j. White
nead has sent TO US the greatest curiosity
from the kingdom of vegetation we have
seen IN many day. II Is a large pepper
plant grown in a box, that contains over
900 pods in various stages Of development.
besides almost as many blooms The pep
per is the hot cayenne variety. Mrs White
head once showed us a fuchsia plant with
over 800 flowers on it. She is an enthusiast
on this line and can show some of the hand
soonest specimens Of plants we have ever
seen grown in this country.
The Central passenger train, due at Amori-
Gus at 1890 O'Clock Monday, was two hours
late in consequence of an accident which
occurred at Rutland, six miles south of
Macon. The train ran into a switch upon
which a number Of cars were st lndinr.
crushing several of them and damaging the
engine to such AL extent that another one
had to be sent for TO pull the train on its way.
Two or three persons who were riding in the
baggage car were slightly injured by bag
gage tumbling upon them in the crash. but
aside from this no other casualties arc re-
ported.
News Of a dastardly crime, committed
last Sunday at Cummings Station, on the
Port Royal and Augusta Railroad, reached
Augusta Monday. A negro man, EN-
ployed at the Cummings sawmil, on that
day was seen by negro man to beat his
wife numerically Sunday the woman died
and post norton examination revealed
great clots OF blood collected in her throat.
besides serious internal bruises. The evi-
dence was convincing that il was a case Of